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THE BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>JUDGES</span>
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CHAPTER 17
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Micah has a house of gods (images) and consecrates his own priests.
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And</span> there was a man of <sup>a</sup><a href="judg/17/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 24: 33.">mount</a> Ephraim, whose name <i>was</i> Micah.
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And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred <i>shekels</i> of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver <i>is</i> with me; I took it.  And his mother said, <sup>a</sup><a href="judg/17/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 24: 31.">Blessed</a> <i>be</i> <i>thou</i> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, my son.
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And when he had restored the eleven hundred <i>shekels</i> of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> from my hand for my son, to make a <sup>a</sup><a href="judg/17/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 20: 4 (4, 23); Lev. 19: 4; Mosiah 12: 36.">graven</a> image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
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Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred <i>shekels</i> of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
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And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an <sup>a</sup><a href="judg/17/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 8: 27.">ephod</a>, and <sup>b</sup><a href="judg/17/5b" mark="b" type="E" title="IE domestic idols, perhaps in size and shape of a man; Judg. 18: 18 (18, 20); 1 Sam. 19: 13 (13, 16).">teraphim</a>, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his <sup>c</sup><a href="judg/17/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="Judg. 18: 19 (1, 19-20).">priest</a>.
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In those days <i>there</i> <i>was</i> no <sup>a</sup><a href="judg/17/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 18: 1; Judg. 21: 25.">king</a> in Israel, <i>but</i> every man did <i>that</i> <i>which</i> <i>was</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="judg/17/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 12: 8.">right</a> in his <sup>c</sup><a href="judg/17/6c" mark="c" type="A" title="Prov. 16: 2.">own</a> eyes.
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&#182; And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who <i>was</i> a Levite, and he sojourned there.
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And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to <sup>a</sup><a href="judg/17/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 20: 9.">sojourn</a> where he could find <i>a</i> <i>place:</i> and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
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And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou?  And he said unto him, I <i>am</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="judg/17/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 19: 1 (1, 18).">Levite</a> of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find <i>a</i> <i>place.</i>
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And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten <i>shekels</i> of silver by the year, and a suit of <sup>a</sup><a href="judg/17/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apparel.">apparel</a>, and thy victuals.  So the Levite went in.
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
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And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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Then said Micah, Now know I that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to <i>my</i> priest.
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